150-year-old abandoned coal mine powers US homes with solar energy
A former coal mining site in central Illinois is now being used for renewable energy. Nexamp and TurningPoint…
Windorah’s new solar farm and battery system expected to cut diesel usage by half
It’s not the first time this stretch of sunburnt country in outback Queensland has been tipped as ideal…
Outback landholders opening gate to large-scale renewable projects
When grazier Sam Beven was first approached by a renewable energy company that wanted to conduct testing on…
Indigenous solar projects in Borroloola and Santa Teresa to tackle diesel shortage concerns and halve power bills
Two remote Northern Territory Indigenous communities have attracted a combined $11 million in federal government funding for solutions…
WA’s biggest dairy farm moves to off-grid solar to tackle steep power costs
Western Australia’s biggest dairy is investing thousands of dollars into building its own power supply, hoping to bypass…
Wellington North solar farm grass fire burns almost 100ha
The cause of a grass fire that started on one of Australia’s largest solar farms remains a mystery. …
Cheap energy driven by rooftop solar means larger solar farms could be unviable
A decade-long surge in home solar installations across the country is not just threatening to up-end the electricity…
Former US landfill turned into 7 MW solar farm, cutting costs, emissions
Turning waste into watts, Baltimore County, Maryland, in the US, has unveiled a large-scale ground-mounted solar farm on…
World’s 10 biggest solar power projects transforming energy future
Once a distant dream of clean energy, solar power now spreads like sunlight itself. Vast, unstoppable, and life-giving.…
AI robots speed up installation of 500,000 solar panels in Australia
An Australian electricity and gas provider has been using autonomous robots at its 250-megawatt solar farm, where nearly…
‘Another example of how we can capitalize on our natural resources’
A new clean energy initiative in Australia will merge solar power with agriculture in one massive environmental project.…
Residents in Australia’s first renewable energy zone speak out about mental health pressures
Rural NSW residents say a renewable energy proposal has driven a wedge through their tight-knit community, as developers…